The original purpose of Ten Tips for Teachers for Safer Schools was to provide principals with a simple safety guide designed to be shared with teachers at the start of each school year.

During 2015, Rick Tobin expanded the scope of this concept and enhanced the project by taking the original text and refocusing on Elementary School (K-6), Middle School/Junior High, and Senior High levels, as each requires a unique approach, and all build on a continuum of excellence and understanding as the students' progress through the grades. The final target users are the classroom teachers who have asked, “How do I meet the requirements to keep my students safe and still make the topic relevant and interesting for students, parents and for me, as a facilitator of safety?”

They were added to the Leadership & Safety Series in 2015 because of the recommendations and requests from Pilot Project Evaluation Team from Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. They are optional and can be purchased to be included in the series or purchased for each teacher's classroom use.

﻿Guides for Elementary, Junior High/Middle School & High Schools﻿

Ten Tips for Teachers for SaferElementary Schools This unique approach builds on proven methodologies for required emergency and safety subject areas that need to be implemented in classrooms, starting with the youngest students. There are also ideas to make each classroom safer, and each teacher more effective in protecting his/her class, without requiring large new investments of materials and time, but still improving outcomes during practices for emergencies convenient manner so no one is overwhelmed with acronyms and complicated concepts. These are the basics that work for everyone, no matter what their level of previous emergency experience.Elementary Schools

Ten Tips for Teachers for Safer Middle Schools & Junior High Schools Middle schools and junior high schools require movement of students to different classes throughout the day, making the continuing integration of safety and emergency awareness more challenging for each teacher. This guide provides individual classroom suggestions but also whole-school activities that ensure a wider opportunity for the entire school community, including parents, to participate in the process of readiness. The ideas build on those initiated in the lower grades, but increase in detail and sophistication, while ensuring methods for attracting interest in an age group famous for reduced attention time frames.Middle Schools & Junior Highs

Ten Tips for Teachers for Safer High Schools High schools begin an earnest process of variety in topic areas and curriculum. Even the use of home room settings for safety and emergency briefings is no longer a consistent practice. This unique and more complex guide provides a revolutionary approach for integrating safety and emergency messages directly into the curriculum of the most common topic areas, from geometry to music, and even shop classes. This is a breakthrough approach to build skills that continue into adulthood for protection of the students’ families, or in their chosen professions after graduation. It builds a continuum of safety for a more resilient community.High Schools

*Optional Recommend Guide - Not Included with the Basic Leadership & Safety SeriesThis is a recommended eBook created by Rick Tobin designed to enhance the Safe to Learn Leadership and Safety Series.

“Safety and security don’t just happen; they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.”~ Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa